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Pocahontas Parkway operator launches toll payment app
Madrid-based Globalvia, which operates the Pocahontas Parkway (State Route 895) in Chesterfield and Henrico counties, has launched a new toll payment app that allows drivers to pay tolls in real time on Virginia toll roads without a prepaid pass. The Slora app is accepted on Virginia toll roads including Interstates 64, 66, 95, 395 and […]
Former Salvation Army thrift store sells for $2.4M in Chesterfield
A 15,600-square-foot commercial building in Midlothian sold for $2.4 million, Glen Allen-based commercial real estate consulting and brokerage firm Taylor Long Properties announced last week. Located at 11000 Midlothian Turnpike in North Chesterfield, 11000 Midlothian Turnpike LLC purchased the building from The Salvation Army. The buyer was in effect East Coast Appliance (a Virginia-based applian[...]
Central Va. sales, use tax rate to increase Oct. 1
Starting Oct. 1, the sales and use tax rate in Central Virginia will go up by 0.7% to a total of 6%, Virginia Tax announced Tuesday. The change approved by the 2020 Virginia General Assembly affects the 4.3% state tax, the 0.7% regional state tax and the 1% local option tax. Affected localities include Richmond […]
Arlington, Chesterfield named top digital counties in U.S.
Chesterfield and Arlington counties (along with three California localities) tied for the top spot on the Center for Digital Government (CDG) and the National Association of Counties (NACo)’s 18th annual Digital Counties Survey, which was released Tuesday. The survey identifies the best technology practices among U.S. county governments by evaluating initiatives that streamline delivery of [&hel[...]
Va. Physicians for Women to construct HQ in Midlothian
Virginia Physicians for Women purchased four acres of land for nearly $1.5 million to construct a new headquarters building in Midlothian, commercial real estate brokerage firm NAI Dominion (an office of NAI Global) announced last week. The medical practice purchased the land for the 41,598-square-foot headquarters building from Woodlands Real Estate LLC. Virginia Physicians for […]
Apartments developer buys 13 acres in Chesterfield for $4M+
An apartment complex developer has purchased a 13-acre site in Chesterfield County for $4.025 million, Commonwealth Commercial Partners LLC announced Friday. Located at 6767 Iron Bridge Road, the complex will include 230 apartment units, a clubhouse and a pool. Austin Woods Development Co. sold the property to Waverton Development Inc. in a transaction that closed […]
UPDATED: Sen. Chase refused to wear mask at Harrisonburg restaurant
Updated, Aug. 19 The owners of a Harrisonburg restaurant posted a message on Facebook saying that GOP gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase refused to wear a mask in their restaurant Sunday and threatened to sue them for enforcing the policy. “Chase came into our restaurant,” wrote Katharine Nye Pellerito, co-owner of Vito’s Italian Kitchen with her […]
Chesterfield office building sells for $2.4M
A Chesterfield County office building has sold for $2.4 million, Norfolk-based real estate company S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced Wednesday. Located at 530, 540 and 550 Southlake Blvd., the 43,544-square-foot property was 100% leased at the time of the sale to companies including industrial manufacturing company Ingersoll Rand Inc. and machinery diagnostics company VibrAlign. The […]
Ex Chesterfield pharma CEO pleads guilty in federal opioid treatment investigation
Shaun Thaxter, former CEO of Chesterfield County-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Indivior PLC, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Abingdon to a misdemeanor criminal charge related to the U.S Justice Department’s probe into the marketing of Suboxone, Indivior’s opioid addiction treatment drug. Thaxter pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmeti[...]
More small business relief funding on the way in Chesterfield
Chesterfield Economic Development and The Chesterfield Chamber announced Monday that the second round of a small business relief funding program will open on June 29. The $5 million Back in Business funding program provides grants up to $10,000 to businesses struggling during the pandemic. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors announced in May that it […]
UK software company buys Chesterfield’s Mapcom Systems
Chesterfield County-based telecommunications software company Mapcom Systems announced Tuesday that it has been acquired by United Kingdom-based geographic software company VertiGIS. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Mapcom’s customer-centric approach to digitalizing processes and solving challenges with location technology matches well with ours,” VertiGIS Presiden[...]
Suburban businesses board up windows amid protest climate
As rumors — some false — circulated on social media that heated racial-justice protests like those seen in Richmond might turn to the suburbs, several businesses in suburban Henrico and Chesterfield counties boarded up store windows out of apparent concern for potential looting and vandalism that didn’t materialize. Flyers circulated via Twitter on Tuesday indicating […]
